thenextapothecary: Honey, You Saved My Life

Salam and hello guys!

Sorry for MIA for so long. I have no idea on what to write these days. But today I just wanna talk about

HONEY!

Yes honey.

There are more than 300 types of honey just in USA. Honey color ranges from nearly colorless to dark brown, and its flavor varies from delectably mild to bold, depending on where the honey bees buzzed. As a general rule, light-colored honey is milder in taste and dark-colored honey is stronger.

But before that, let me give you guys some fun facts about honey

1. How to determine whether the honey is authentic or they are just syrup filled with sugar!

-The first thing you could do is put your honey in a freezer. If the honey freeze the next day, NOT AN AUTHENTIC HONEY

-If you seal the honey tightly, there will be no ants near it. If there is an ants, NOT AN AUTHENTIC HONEY

2. Which is the best honey to choose?

-Well, the answer to this is easy. Pick the honey from where you live. If it is from US, then buy the US honey. I learned this facts on television show that al-hijrah channel was showing. From the Islam point of view, he said that ‘The illness that you are having right now is from your surroundings. So, where the illness lies there’s a cure’

There are so many benefits of honey but I will narrow them down for you guys!

1. Act as a cough suppressant

In general, it means that it can help soothes your cough. From what I learn, we have like a lot of types of cough syrups. But the mildest one is called demulcents. Demulcents are mainly made up of sugar (sucrose or fructose) and glycerol. If you need me to explain more on this, you could mention me. This helps in forming a protective layer to you pharynx so when you cough, less discomfort on your throat. And, the sugar used is usually honey.

Cheaper and all natural you might call it. LOL

P.S: DO NOT ever give an infant below 12 months to eat honey. This is because Honey can contain spores of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which can germinate in a baby's immature digestive system and cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness.

If you ever eat like one of those solid demulcents like Strepsils or Dequadine, DO NOT SUCK THEM. They are supposed to stay inside your mouth for 2-3 hours. So, if you ever eat those and they never work, try sipping them slowly.

2. Helps in boosting memory

How you may ask? Honey is filled with antioxidant. Antioxidant helps in preventing cellular damage and loss within the brain. It doesn’t make you any clever, but it keeps memories more efficiently. You might need this if you are studying something that needs a good memorizing brain.

3. Good energy drink

Honey serves natural sugar to the body. As we all know, sugar helps to wake us up. That is why kids are usually not allowed to eat sugar at night or they might go all hyped and you will be the sleepless mother/sister/babysitter.

4. Treats wound/burns

Honey itself contains a natural antibiotic. As the name ANTIBIOTIC, it helps to fight bacteria.

Dr. Rowena Jenkins and colleagues, from the University of Wales Institute, reported that Manuka honey kills bacteria by destroying key bacterial proteins.

Some studies have revealed that a certain type of honey, called "Manuka honey," may even be effective for the treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.

Dr Jenkins concluded:

"Manuka and other honeys have been known to have wound healing and anti-bacterial properties for some time. But the way in which they act is still not known. If we can discover exactly how Manuka honey inhibits MRSA it could be used more frequently as a first-line treatment for infections with bacteria that are resistant to many currently available antibiotics."